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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips In the final accumulators of the season, the odds favour the punter. Motivation is waning for some teams, lowering the attention to detail, which could result in a high number of goals.LIKELY BETSAthletic vs Villarreal: HOME WIN @ 1.66One win would secure the last available Europa League spot for At...

Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared

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Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared Signing for a new team in January is always tough. Managers largely have their best team in place and, if a side has gained a head of steam following the hectic festive period, a starting XI is unlikely to change. However, the lack of activity in the January transfer window meant that the few new ad...

Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored

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Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored One of the stranger conclusions of Charles Reep, the first man in Britain to take seriously the collation of football data was that, as teams scored, on average, with one in nine shots, they should shoot more, even if that meant taking almost indiscriminate pot-shots from 40 yards. Even if it didn&r...

Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth

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Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth There’s no denying that Sergio Agüero is the Premier League’s in-form frontman at this current time. It was something of a travesty that the Argentine was overlooked for a PFA Player of the Year nomination, while many felt that striker at least warranted a place in the team of the y...

Match Report: Familiar Foe Aguero Puts End to Spurs Season

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Match Report: Familiar Foe Aguero Puts End to Spurs Season In a fixture which has seen 17 goals over the last 3 meetings, with Manchester City coming out on top as comfortable victors on each occasion, a solitary goal this time around sufficed as sufficient winning margin over Tottenham - but although the outcome of the match remained the same, this was by ...

Player Focus: How City Could Replace & Cope Without Yaya Touré

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Player Focus: How City Could Replace & Cope Without Yaya Touré It's been a disappointing season for Yaya Touré, of that there is no doubt. There seems to have been confusion since the start of the year as to whether City can do without him, with his departure for the Africa Cup of Nations in January leading most to suggest that they are just not the same...

Manager Focus: Does Jürgen Klopp Deserve to Walk Into a Top Job After Dortmund?

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Manager Focus: Does Jürgen Klopp Deserve to Walk Into a Top Job After Dortmund? Rumours were rife on Wednesday morning that Jürgen Klopp was to stand down as Borussia Dortmund boss at the end of the season. German publication Bild ran the story, which, via social media, spread like wildfire. The club called a press conference in the wake of the reports, which ultimately co...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The Manchester derby dominates the weekend's fixture list and brings with it some fantastic odds on both sides of the table. There are profitable bets almost everywhere, while Italy offers something lower but arguably safer. LIKELY BETSTottenham vs Aston Villa: HOME WIN @ 1.61One team involved in th...

Match Focus: Manchester City Must Strike a Fine Balance to Beat Barcelona

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Match Focus: Manchester City Must Strike a Fine Balance to Beat Barcelona It said more than even Yaya Toure ever could that, as he tried to so consciously issue a rallying cry ahead of Manchester City’s trip to Barcelona, he couldn’t help re-asserting why their task is to difficult.“In football anything can happen, we have our chance and they have their ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips European fixtures heavily influence the weekend odds. However, don't for a second think clubs will take their domestic duties for granted ahead of their Champions League or Europa League ties. Results in Europe are important to gauge the mood of a team in question, whether it is motivation or frustr...